International Poetry Calendar

The application deadline for the University of Alberta's 2022-23 Writer-in-Residence Program is October 30, 2021!

A Map to the Door of No Return at 20: A Gathering is a 4-day virtual webinar and participatory workshop (Nov. 3-6). Artists, scholars, and writers will gather to take stock of, reflect on, and extend the important work that Dionne Brand’s A Map to the Door of No Return: …

Catch two brilliant Griffin Poetry Prize winners in conversation on Wed. Nov. 10 at 7pm ET! Register here: https://bit.ly/3ENRmwp Organized by the Words Festival in partnership with Western's Anti-Racism Webinar Series.

Register to hear Valzhyna Mort, our 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize International winner, speaking on a panel Saturday Nov. 13 on "The State of Democracy in Eastern Europe." https://www.crowdcast.io/e/wda-easterneurope/register Books & Books and Writers for Democratic Action present…"An Afternoon with Julia Fiedorczuk, Valzhyna Mort, Maxim Osipov, and Andrey Kurkov Moderated by Askold Melnyczuk"

BocaLitFest is happy to partner with uwe.speak and Lisa Allen Agostini to offer this free interactive workshop for emerging poets, with writer, editor, and teacher Canisia Lubrin. Explore strategies for composing poetry with language that surprises and brightens what we see, even in the dark. In this session, participants will …